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Pipe dream of the day

Never heard of this builder until recently, but examples of Mssr. Confente’s handiwork appear to fetch a prettypenny.

One of only eleven track bikes Mario produced. In a very real sense it is extremely rare, and in this size, essentially unobtainable. The likelihood of you finding another in your size is as close to 0% as you can get. As can be seen on the build card (last picture above) the bike was ordered with the front fork drilled. It says “con freno” or with brake. As you can also see it has none of the usual embellishments; no cutouts in the rear dropout, no BB cutout, etc. This was built, some would say, as Mario would have preferred. A purpose built bike meant to be ridden….period. It is as rare as much for what it is, as for what it is not. It is not a repaint and retains the original CycleArt paint-job. There a few paint scratches especially on the inside of the chainstay near the BB (from tire wear), and on the rear dropouts (from Axle nuts). Nothing of significance There is also a slight discoloring in a small section of the yellow paint on the seat tube also hardly noticeable. Also note that the seat tube has the long yellow section that is rarely seen on Confente’s signature white and yellow bikes.

Honestly this bike looks almost as new. Blemishes need to be really searched for. It is, in my opinion, a classic example of Mario’s work.